Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Mapping the Universe

Description

Taking a census of all the luminous objects in one-quarter of the visible cosmos is a hefty accounting job. It takes a specially built telescope on task every clear night for eight years, wielding one of the biggest digital cameras on the planet. More than a hundred million stars, galaxies, and quasars have been tallied so far. This science bulletin introduces viewers to the astronomical observers and theorists set on divining the three-dimensional structure and origins of the Universe from this unprecedented mountain of data.

Runtime

7 min

Subjects

Geography

Genre

Date of Publication

[2012], c2005

Database

Films on Demand

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